Karn Generating Plant

Dan E. Karn Generating Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by CMS Energy near Essexville, Michigan. Pictured below are both the Karn and Weadock plants, both of which belong to CMS.

Plant Data

 * Owner: Consumers Energy Company
 * Parent Company: CMS Energy
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 544 MW (Megawatts)
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 136 MW (1959), 136 MW (1959), 136 MW (1961), 136 MW (1961)
 * Location: 2742 North Weadock Hwy., Essexville, MI 48732
 * GPS Coordinates: 43.642089, -83.838188
 * Coal Consumption:
 * Coal Source:
 * Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

 * 2006 CO2 Emissions: 4,261,230 tons
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions: 18,410 tons
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
 * 2006 NOx Emissions: 4,141 tons
 * 2005 Mercury Emissions: 249 lb.

Coal waste Sites

 * Karn Generating Plant Bottom Ash Pond
 * Karn Generating Plant Pond A

Karn and Weadock Generating Plants ranked 33nd on list of most polluting power plants in terms of coal waste
In January 2009, Sue Sturgis of the Institute of Southern Studies compiled a list of the 100 most polluting coal plants in the United States in terms of coal combustion waste (CCW) stored in surface impoundments like the one involved in the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill. The data came from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for 2006, the most recent year available.

Together Karn and Weadock Generating Plants ranked 33rd on the list, with 1,171,382 pounds of coal combustion waste released to surface impoundments in 2006.

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